US 12,475,810 B2
Skin simulating device for testing adhesives
Abram D. Janis, Grayslake, IL (US); Adrian P. DeFante, Chicago, IL (US); Ananya Chakravarti, East Amherst, NY (US); Isadora Kucera, Chicago, IL (US); Mallory Lager, Chicago, IL (US); and Beatriz Soares, New York City, NY (US)
Assigned to HOLLISTER INCORPORATED, Libertyville, IL (US)
Filed by Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,859.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,237, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0284829 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G09B 23/24 (2006.01); G09B 23/30 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/24 (2013.01) [G09B 23/30 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A skin-mimicking device, comprising:
a body;
a backing layer attached to the body, wherein a sweat mimicking fluid is supplied to the backing layer; and
a plurality of conduits defining a plurality of fluid paths to an outer surface of the body;
wherein the skin-mimicking device is configured such that the sweat mimicking fluid flows through the plurality of conduits as the backing layer becomes saturated with the fluid, wherein the skin-mimicking device is configured to simulate various skin perspiration conditions and/or various physical skin conditions, wherein the skin-mimicking device is configured to control a fluid flow rate through the plurality of conduits to provide the various skin perspiration conditions.